Chapter seven hundred and seventy third eunuch temptation to buy
After Cui Qianyou captured Chang'an, he went north to attack Hedong. He was blocked by the troops of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi and was defeated several times. Later, due to the fall of Chang'an, Li Siye wiped out all the 100,000 garrison in Guanzhong. An Lushan urgently recalled him and led 70,000 troops to garrison in Guanzhong. Xin'an, waiting for an opportunity to recapture Shaanxi County to block the route from Guanzhong to Luoyang.
Tongguan and Shaanxi Province were captured by the Tang army one after another, and Luoyang was already wide open and undefendable. At this time, An Lushan refused to give up Luoyang, so he ordered Cui Qianyou to attack Shaanxi County. Attacking is the best when one's own terrain does not have an advantage. There is no problem with defense and tactical decisions. But the strategy is wrong. This is just An Lushan's vindictive move. He loses his reason due to anger. This kind of thing happens all the time.
Li Siye ordered Zang Xiye and Feng Changqing to lead troops to Xindian, while Guo Ziyi and Duan Xiushi were stationed in Mianchi. The two sides supported each other and prepared to attack Luoyang.
Comparing the strength of the two sides, the Tang army had a greater advantage. An Lushan ordered the recruitment of strong men in the Luoyang area and captured many common people to join the army, which further diluted the Youyan soldiers in his hands, and their combat effectiveness dropped significantly.
This problem also existed in the Tang army. In order to supply food and grass to the Tang army stationed in Shaanxi County, the court approached Lingbao, Hongnong and Shaanxi County to capture soldiers, but they only served as auxiliary soldiers to transport food. Du Fu wrote "Three Officials and Three Farewells" The "Shihao Officials" and "Tongguan Officials" in the novel took place in this area.
A war fought by the ruling class for power consumes the lives of millions of people. What is even more ironic in history is that the criminals who launched the war rarely received the punishment they deserve except death in battle. Two of the chief criminals The culprit was still regarded as a saint by the Youyan soldiers who transformed him into a saint after his death, which directly caused the birth of the wrong values in local feudal towns after the middle Tang Dynasty that advocated force and only respected military power and violence.
A few days before the war between the two sides, it was late at night. Yu Chaoen, the military supervisor, walked into the military tent of Zang Xiye, the military envoy of the Hexi camp, and ordered his subordinates to bring wine and mutton with a look of desire on his face. look.
"Zang Zhongcheng, I'm bored late at night. I came here to check in with Zhongcheng. I don't have anything to prepare. I'm just ordered by His Majesty to bring you wine and mutton shank as a reward for the army."
Zang Xiye knew at a glance that this person was not good-natured. He had always been upright and would never fight with these eunuchs: "The war is about to begin. I just issued a military order the day before yesterday. No one in the army is allowed to drink alcohol. Fish Supervisor, you and I should set an example." .”
Yu Chaoen smiled stiffly: "Zang Zhongcheng is right. If Zhongcheng hadn't reminded him, we would have violated the military order." He turned around and ordered the followers behind him: "Take all the wine away! Put on a tea cup, Zhongcheng and I sat across from each other, drinking tea and enjoying the delicious leg of lamb."
Zang Zhongcheng knelt down in front of the desk, tore off a piece of meat from the lamb leg with his bare hands and stuffed it into his mouth. While chewing, he said, "The Fish Supervisor Army has never interacted with us warriors. Today, I suddenly came to visit. There must be something going on." So you don’t have to beat around the bush and just say it.”
"Haha, haha." Yu Chaoen laughed twice. After waiting for the tea to be brought, he poured a cup for Zang Xiye himself, placed his hands in front of Zang Xiye, and said in a thoughtful tone: "I heard that General We are from a family of first-class military generals who have been favored by the emperor, and we have no words to say about our loyalty to His Majesty. Mr. Zhongcheng, please don’t let your good family tradition go to waste."
Zang Xiye raised her head and glanced at him coldly: "Our family has indeed been loyal for generations, but we have never said this word on our lips. Our family tradition is not something that anyone can criticize casually."
Yu Chaoen was scolded twice in a row, but he could still smile like a spring breeze. He leaned close to Zang Xiye and said in a low voice: "Zhongcheng is loyal and righteous, how can I not know, but you have been in Xiliang for a long time, and you are under the command of your head."
Have you forgotten your rule over time? We, the subjects of the world, can only be loyal to one person, and that is His Majesty the Emperor who sits high in the Daming Palace."
"Who said I forgot? Forgot that I could follow Doctor Li from Hexi to Longyou Guanzhong? Forgot that we could fight on Xiliuyuan until our armor was covered with blood? But some people, in the name of loyalty, did it in front of His Majesty
You slander the meritorious soldiers and feel jealous. What use do you think these people have? Apart from gossiping, they have contributed little to the security of the country? In my opinion, they should just shut up and serve tea.
Shui is doing his job well. He has neither the mind nor the knowledge to stand up and cause trouble."
Yu Chaoen gritted his teeth and almost burst out with anger in his eyes. He raised his hand and slapped the desk hard, then turned around and walked out of the big tent.
The moment he opened the curtain and went out, he bumped into a servant carrying a plate of gold ingots. The heavy gold crashed onto his feet. The pain was so painful that he quickly picked up his boots and reached out to slap him.
The servant slapped him in the face: "You bastard, don't you have eyes when you walk? What are you doing with my gold and silver!"
The servant hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "I don't have eyesight when I walk. I beg the general to spare my life. This gold... didn't you ask me to send this gold to Zang Zhongcheng?"
"What the hell! I'd throw it into the Yellow River and get rid of it. I wouldn't give it to such a white-eyed dog! Don't you fucking know how to appreciate it? I'm going to let you bear the serious crime of beheading!"
The fish supervisor walked away angrily, and Zang Xiye sat in the tent and snorted coldly. These words were satisfying, but they also left him with a lot of worries.
Compared with him, Feng Changqing, the governor of the Anxi camp, seemed happy in his big tent. He and the supervisor Xing Yanen sat across from each other and drank, chatting happily. Tian Zhen, the deputy envoy of the governor, happened to pass by during his night patrol.
When he saw the two people laughing and drinking inside his tent, he became wary. However, because there was a guard post of Feng Changqing outside the tent, he had no chance to go over and eavesdrop, so he could only be more suspicious.
Step away.
Fortunately, this place was not far from Li Siye's tent. Tian Zhen immediately ran over to report to Li Siye. Only when he entered the tent did he realize that Yan Xiaosi was also there.
Yan Xiaosi was happily reporting to Li Siye that Zang Xiye drove Yu Chaoen away with just a few words. After hearing this, Li Siye shook his head and said, "I originally thought that Zang Xiye was a steady person and could handle this kind of thing a little more tactfully.
But I didn't expect him to be so upright. In this way, he has completely offended the eunuch. It seems that Zang Xiye's situation is not good."
Li Siye appointed Zang Xiye as the governor of Hexi. Of course, he also took a fancy to the fact that he came from the Zang family, a family of military generals. From the early Sui Dynasty to the present, there were descendants of the Zang family in armies all over the country. For such a family background, the eunuchs wanted to frame him.
, he also needs to weigh himself. But now he and Yu Chaoen are so quarrelsome that even the eunuchs may not give up.
Tian Zhen entered the tent and crossed his arms and said: "I think Zang Zhongcheng did the right thing. Before the war, when the two armies were facing each other, these geldings wandered around in the army to alienate the general. Their behavior did not care about the general situation.
, and to act like this is really shameful to associate with him.”
Li Siye glanced at him and asked, "What? Feng Changqing also drove away the supervisor Xing Yanen?"
"Humph, on the contrary, the two of them hit it off in the tent and were having a good time over wine. I had long felt that Feng Changqing was unwilling to live under you, my lord, but I didn't expect that he could even accept the branches thrown by the eunuch.
He probably really thought that with the help of these eunuchs, he could really get the emperor's favor."
Li Siye lowered his head and thought about it for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "It doesn't mean that we have a good chat over wine. Feng Changqing has been under my command for many years. I can't measure his ambitions, but he won't choose this way now."
Naturally, Tian Zhen only believed what he saw. He crossed his hands and said, "My lord, you must not confide in this person Chang Qing lightly. Why don't we contact Zhao Chongxun, Ma Fu and the guards of each battalion of the Anxi Army in advance? These are your old friends."
Subordinates, let him go first and then..."
Before Tian Zhen finished speaking, Feng Changqing's voice sounded outside the tent: "Taiwei, Feng Changqing wants to see you."
A smile appeared on Li Siye's face, and Tian Zhen said in surprise: "Should I hide first?"
"What are you hiding from? You must act magnanimously, especially when facing your own Paoze brothers in the army." Li Siye immediately ordered outside: "Come in."